Ocean warming of Nares strait bottom waters off Northwest Greenland, 2003-2009

Oceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 114-123

  Münchow, Adreas ^a   Falkner, Kelly ^b   Melling, Humfrey ^c   Rabe, Berit ^d   Johnson, Helen L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052587016     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2011.62     Document Type: Article

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